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F. J. MARTIN.

GLOVE FASTENING.

No. 394,589. Patented Dec. 18. 1888.

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FREDERICK .I. MARTIN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,589, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed February 20, 1888- Serial No. 264,643. (No model.) Patented in England March 29, 1883,1I0. 1,600 and in France May 25, 1883, No. 155,675.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK JOHNSON MARTIN, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at London, in England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for Gloves, applicable, also, to other like purposes, of which the following is a specification, the same having been patented in England on the 29th day of March, 1883, (Patent No. 1,600,) and in France on the th day of May, 1883, (Patent No. 155,675.)

This invention relates to an improved fastening for glooves, boots, shoes, purses, bags, and various other articles; and it consists of a spring hook or arm hinged, jointed, or pivoted at one end to the projecting sides of a lower portion or base-plate.

In order that my intention may be clearly understood and readily carried into practice, I will proceed to describe the drawings hereto annexed, which show several views, on an enlarged scale, of my improved fastening applicable to a glove or other like purpose.

Figure 1 shows a side view of a glove-fastening when closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view when open. Fig. 3 is aplan, and Fig. I aback view, of the same when closed. Fig. 5 is a plan of the under side.

The lever-arm or upper portion, a, of the fastening is bent over on its under side, at a, in such a manner as to form a spring when in contact with the flat surface Z) of the lower portion or base of the fastening, and is adjusted in such a manner that when pressed over its end a will project beyond the axis 0 of the joint, so that it will remain closed.

The base of the fastening consists of a flat plate of metal, I), having two turned-up lugs, b, to receive the joint or pivot of the upper part, a, of the fastening, and this plate is attached to one side of the glove or material of the article to be connected by means of staples b stamped out of the base-plate, a clampingplate, b being applied to the inner surface of the glove to prevent the kid or other material from being torn.

To fasten the glove or other article, the spring lever to of the fastening should be pressed back and passed through an eyelet, button-hole, or other part of the article to be connected, then brought again into position, and pressed down upon the base-plate b, in which position it will remain.

To open or unt'astcn the glove or other article, the spring lever or arm a is to be pressed upward, when the spring-lever a, coming into action, releases the eyelet, hole, or other connection from contact with the lugs I). The disconnected end (1 of the spring hook or arm a is curved in such a manner that it lifts the eyelet of the glove over the arms or projecting sides Z) of the lower portion or base, I), of the Fastening when being opened or unfastcncd.

As will be seen from the drawings, the lever, spring, and pivots may be struck or stamped out of a single piece of metal.

Having thus described the nature of my invention and the manner of performing or carrying the same into practice, I would remark that I am aware that fastenings of a similar character have been constructed, but the details of their construction have differed in certain essential particulars from that hereinbefore described, and represented by the drawings annexed.

I therefore claim 1. A fastener for gloves having a baseplate with lugs projecting therefrom, and a lever-arm pivoted in the said lugs, having an outer part and an inner part constituting a spring extending along the under side of the outer arm, and having its free end adjacent to the said lugs and adapted to bear upon the base-plate between them when the leverarm is closed down, and when the latter is moved upward to spring away from the leverarm and force the glove-eyelet away from the lugs, substantially as described.

2. A fastener for gloves, consisting of a base-plate from which rise the lugs b b, and the spring lever-arm a (1, consisting of two parts, the outer part, a, being pivoted between the lugs 11, and the inner part, u, having its free end resting between them below the pivot when the lever is closed down, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

F. J. MARTIN.

Vitnesses:

ALFRED J. BoUL'r, HAROLD WADE. 

